Documentation missing parameter for Itertools.zip_longest

[merriam]

BPO	36620
Nosy	@rhettinger, @merriam, @Mariatta, @csabella, @yingw787
PRs	bpo-36620 [First-time contributor] Update itertools.rst add optional args to function definitions. #13210

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title = 'Documentation missing parameter for Itertools.zip_longest'
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[merriam]

On page:
https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/itertools.html

In the heading summary, in the "Iterators terminating on the shortest input sequence:" section, in the "zip_longest()" table row, in the "Arguments" column, the text "p, q, ..." should be "p, q, ... [, fillvalue=None]"

[csabella]

Good catch! In the same section, accumulate() is missing the initial argument.

Would you be interested in submitting a pull request for this?

[CharlesMerriam]

Hi Cheryl,

No. I've dealt with the Team Python long cycles for random pull requests
before.

Charles

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 2:27 PM Cheryl Sabella <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

Cheryl Sabella cheryl.sabella@gmail.com added the comment:

Good catch! In the same section, accumulate() is missing the initial
argument.

Would you be interested in submitting a pull request for this?

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[csabella]

Thanks, Charles. I'm going to assign this to @Mariatta for the sprints.

[yingw787]

I would like to take a stab at this as a first-time CPython contributor.

[rhettinger]

Sorry, I don't want to do this in the summary table. The goal of the table is to provide a minimal overview to help select the appropriate itertool and to provide a fast link to the details given below.